EUNUCH
Today's reading: Isaiah 55-57

"For I say this to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbath days holy, who choose to do what pleases me and commit their lives to me: I will give them--in my house, within my walls--a memorial and a name far great than the honor they would have received by having sons and daughters. For the name I give them is an everlasting one. It will never disappear!" Isaiah 56:4-5 NLT

Eunuch-a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace; one that lacks virility or power.

What a promise God gives to those of us who are 'lacking'!

Lacking anything, really.

A strong constitution against temptation.

A polished and spotless past.

A legacy of godliness in our families.

The neighbor's fancy house.

The testimony of the one sitting down the pew from us on Sunday.

Maybe what's 'missing' has been taken. Maybe what is gone was given freely at a time in life when it wasn't as valued as it should have been. Maybe what is absent is something that others possess but isn't intended for everyone to have.

This verse tells me God sees us as His. Even when we're 'lacking'.

It says He gives us a name, an everlasting name, that has NOTHING AT ALL to do with what is lost, mislaid or AWOL from our lives.

And all to do with Him!